January 21, 2005

Affirmative Action and Military Recruiting Spur Debate at Law-School Meeting

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Legal educators should take a closer look at whether minority students are benefiting from affirmative action and whether military recruiters should be banned from campus, according to speakers at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.

One of the most contentious debates at the meeting this month involved a study asserting that racial preferences hurt black students by getting them admitted to law schools where they are more likely to struggle, to drop out, or

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